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Title: Female impersonator dressed as a queen
Contributor: Sahl, Ted (photographer) (Creator)
Contributing Institution: San José State University, Special Collections and Archives
Collection: Ted Sahl Collection
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives Department. http://library.sjsu.edu/sjsu-special-collections/sjsu-special-collections-and-archives
Description: Drag queen, Goldie Montana, poses in a royal costume consisting of a formal gown, a crown, gloves, and flowing pearls. Montana was a perpetual title holder for "Queen Mother", in the Casa de San Jose Court, an informal association of drag queens.
See Ted Sahl, From Closet to Community, (2002), pp.52-53, 61,
Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
7.7 x 9.7 in.
Identifier: islandora:80_775
filename: ts_p_109
oclc: 798964843
islandora: 80_775
Language: English
Subject: Female impersonators
Gay men
Portraits
Gay communities
Drag queens
Place: San Jose
California
Relation: Ted Sahl Collection

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